Christmas Rag Wreath

    Today in my spare time at work, instead of staring intensely (and often confused) at the computer surfing the Internet, I'm going to keep my hands busy by making a Christmas Rag Wreath.  

    I'm not a big "stitcher" or seamstress so I had no idea what the price of fabric was, and I'm sure, just as everything else, the price has gone up.  I was in shock when I went to Hobby Lobby intending on buying some fabric to make several "rag" crafts with.  I originally wanted Halloween prints but at $6.99 a yard I changed my mind quickly. I thought surely I can search online and find some cheaper, but I was sadly mistaken.  I needed 6-8 yards of fabric to RIP UP, I'm not going to pay $7 a yard for that.    After all was said and done I ended up with solid color broad cloth for $2.99 a yard which worked out fine.  I bought my Halloween colors and made rag garland with lights which I will type up a "how-to" maybe tomorrow.  My mind took over, and I remembered Walmart carried fabric.  Sadly, again I was mistaken.  We have 2 Walmarts, one on Arkansas side, and 1 on Texas side.  I guess when they overhauled the Arkansas Walmart, they did away with fabric.  They have one little aisle that has different colors and patterns pre-cut into 2 yard packs.  The brand is Creative Cuts and actually it come out to be a tad bit cheaper.  I bought red and green broadcloth, and some silver glitter organza. 

    Just a reminder, I'm just a country girl who decided "Hey that's pretty! I wanna do that!!".  I don't know anything about organza, broadcloth, tulle, knit etc.   I had been told that you could buy the wire wreath frames for a little of nothing (I paid $2.99 at Michael's Arts and Crafts for an 18inch) which makes the wreath more full, or you can take apart a wire hanger and fashion it into a circle. 

    Now that I have all of my supplies I'm going to start the tedious and time consuming task of measuring out the fabric into strips that are 1" wide and about 6-8" long.  Feel free to do this however you want.  On the garland lights I made, I think my strips were 1" wide and 10" long or so and it turned out fine, but probably could have been a little shorter.  Once strips are cut, take your time to tie them in a double knot and scrunch them up together as tight as possible.  The closer they are together the more you can fit, therefore the fuller the wreath will be.  

Re-Cap
- 6-8 yards of fabric (broadcloth works fine and is the cheapest)
- Wire Wreath Form or Wire Coat Hanger
-  Ribbon for Bow to hang by if desired.

Cut strips of fabric 1" wide and 6-8" long.  Tie around wreath frame in a double knot so that they don't loosen up and take up as little room possible.  Scrunch them together the best you can, more is better. 
Easy breezy.  If this cowgirl can do it, you surely can too!

Time to get started I suppose.... Pictures to come!!